Advertisements In the conclusion of this piece for The Battleground, I get into the reasons why Joe Biden has risked the 2024 election, his personal legacy, and the stability of the entire Middle East in order to back Israel and a prime minister to whom he had previously been giving theContinue Reading
Advertisements For a very long time, the United States worked diligently to stay away from the tense debate over Israel’s ability to be both a Jewish and democratic state. Even as Palestinians cried out about their lack of freedom and basic rights and their lives proved that a state havingContinue Reading
Advertisements Mahmoud Abbas completed a trip to China last week, just before Antony Blinken came in. Abbas’ visit showed that the PA is finally recognizing the futility of looking to the U.S. for support in obtaining Palestinian rights, although this realization has come far too late. Even that was taintedContinue Reading
Advertisements One of my New Year’s resolutions will be to get back to maintaining a regular schedule on the Cutting Through newsletter. Due to some other commitments, that won’t happen to start the year, but I hope it will at some point in 2023. But I am closing out 2022Continue Reading
Advertisements Secretary of State Antony Blinken was the keynote speaker at last week’s J Street conference. In what was undoubtedly the low point of the entire event, Blinken not only got a standing ovation as he walked on stage, he received another, albeit a less enthusiastic one, after he deliveredContinue Reading
